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Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84

194432 min

This guide follows Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84 (1944) in three parts: Andante dolce (sonata form), Andante sognando and Vivace.

Recording: Evgeny Kissin (piano)

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Follow all 34 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III
I Sonata form0:02–16:42

The opening presents a lyrical of three melodic shapes, drawn from film music. After a , the enters and a follows. A new in G minor leads into the faster, tonally unstable . The restates the with small changes, and the before a closes the in B-flat major.

II 16:49–22:01
III22:08–32:21

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Sergei ProkofievPiano sonatasModern periodB-flat majorSonata form

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